#234E8A#234E8A

#234E8A is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.111 H 257.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#234E8A
RGB	rgb(35, 78, 138)
HSL	hsl(215, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(215, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 43.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.22, 6.99, -37.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.22, 38.40, 280.49°)
OKLab	oklab(42.63% -0.0242 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(42.63% 0.111 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0033, 7.6402, 25.0927)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#234E8A #8A5F23

analogous

#23828A #234E8A #2B238A

triadic

#234E8A #8A234E #4E8A23

tetradic

#234E8A #8A2382 #8A5F23 #238A2B

square

#234E8A #8A2382 #8A5F23 #238A2B

split-complementary

#234E8A #8A2B23 #828A23

monochromatic

#0A1728 #173259 #234E8A #2F6ABB #5489D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#234E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#234E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #234E8A

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##234E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##234E8A	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31538C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F4A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #234e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 78, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.111 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c7fac',
    500: '#234e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #234e8a;
$custom-light: #6c7fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#234e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.951,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42626,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#234E8A

secondary

#B78D51

accent

#A145E3

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#080A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #234E8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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